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Wow this has spun way off track from me posting I couldn't find a job lol. Just wanted to update this... A couple days after I posted this I got a job! :)

Oh I see. Well, hopefully we will be going through it at the same time!! Good luck to you. ^_^

I am going to start next fall when its available if I am accepted. I do agree that school is a better learning enviroment but I can also see how having that hands on contact working as an EMT will help ease you into medic school. And yes, you may have an idiot for a partner but I am talking...

Why are you having to go again?

Yep, so if you're working at an ALS ambulance district, you would learn and experience a lot from watching your paramedic partner.

You are pretty far from me. I'm in Missouri. This is from the schools website. ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 1. Be a graduate of an approved high school or the equivalentas determined by appropriate accrediting agencies. 2. Applicants are required to have: a. EMT license for a period of one...

That was one of his main concerns. Working as an EMT, you develop that "sixth sense." Being able to pick things out when you are doing a scene size up, looking at a patient and having an idea of what is wrong with them.... This is stuff they teach you but it really clicks when you see it and...

You said before that you questioned his certifications- I'm telling you that he's been in it for 18 years and who am I to question his certs with that experience. He isn't an idiot when it comes to knowing what's best for his students. I'm pretty sure I didn't state anywhere above that it...

None, but I think what he was meaning is that he wants it to be like second nature to us. Sure they will go over it again in medic school but this is stuff he wants us to do over and over again so it's going to be easy for us. I guess I can't really explain what he meant to you but I do...

Thanks for posting!

To answer some of your questions... My instructor has been in EMS for 18 years. I think what he means is that you want to have your basic skills mastered before adding the advanced skills and it will make medic school so much easier on you. We had a week of clinicals that were required...

Thank you! Another question... The college I'm going to go to offers either the associate of applied science degree in paramedic technology or the paramedic certificate. From what I see, the AAS just includes your generals but will take me longer to do. I know its a degree but do you think...

Really? That goes against everything I was taught in class. Our instructors pretty much drilled it into our heads that we need to establish our basic skills before we go on to learn the advanced ones. The next medic program at my local college starts fall of 2011. I'm pretty sure I'm going!!

I'm really getting bummed. It's been almost 7 months since I became nationally registered and I still have not been able to find a job as a working EMT. I have applied all over the place and still no one has called me back for an interview. I've been volunteering at a fire department for...